Monday, August 5, 2013

COLUMBUS RACISM: Long Walk 4 in Columbus, Ohio Today Aug. 5, 2013

Update from Long Walk 4, Monday evening: "Walk went through Columbus without incident today. The police had a patrol car escort us, and were very polite and helpful at the intersections. A flu bug has hit us, causing some Walkers to rest, but the highlight of the day was the introduction of the Children's Staff, as there are now children to carry it. On other news we are getting low on resources so if anyone out there has a network they belong to, small donations can add up. Most importantly, we are grateful for all the messages and prayers of support. Those involved in Indigenous Sovereignty issues are invited to send in their issues for posting on the website."

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The Longest Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz will be walking through Columbus, Ohio, today, where long walkers were attacked by police in 2008.
Michael Lane, who was targeted by a police officer holding a taser on the Longest Walk 2 in Columbus in 2008, said the walkers are hopeful there will be no problems with the police:
"Day 22 -- getting ready to walk through Columbus today. Hope it goes better this year than 2008. We will be led by the new Children Staff for the first time today as well. Should go good, as we have prepared and communicated with the police," said Lane, who also walked on the original Long Walk in 1978.Today, walking to Columbus, long walker Aki Zaagi said walkers finished 27 miles yesterday, and 51 miles the day before. Aki Zaagi, who walked across America in Long Walk 2 and Long Walk 3, said by phone message today, "This day, Susanna, 11-year-old from Pine Ridge, will be carrying the youth staff."

In 2011, as walkers returned home from Long Walk 3, Native American long walkers were again targeted by police near Columbus."Columbus is alive in the City of Columbus," said Bad Bear, Western Shoshone long walker and driver of the vehicle. Bad Bear walked across America on Long Walk 2, then again in 2011 on the Long Walk for Diabetes, in the Renegade Walkers.Bad Bear and Manny, from Warm Springs, Ore., were heading home from Washington, D.C., traveling fifteen miles outside of Columbus, in the direction of Dayton. Ohio state troopers singled out their vehicle in the flow of traffic on the highway.Ohio state troopers brought in a police dog to search their vehicle for drugs. After the dog scratched the vehicle, and found no drugs, police continued searching for drugs. The vehicle was searched three times, with police tearing out components in the door.Bad Bear and Manny were separated and interrogated. They were questioned extensively about the sage in their vehicle, a natural plant in the west which is burned for ceremonies."They kept asking us about our sage, if we were smoking it," said Bad Bear, pointing out that the police were unaware of how sage is burned during Native American prayers.

The Longest Walk 4: Return to Alcatraz was initiated by those on the original, Longest Walk in 1978. The current walk across America began on July 15th, 2013 in Washington D.C. and will arrive in Alcatraz on December 22, 2013.

On the current walk are two Native American youths walking across America for the third time, Craig Luther, Navajo, and Lisa Peake, Anishinabe/Pomo.

"The purpose of this Walk will be to reaffirm the heart of Traditional Tribal Sovereignty rooted in Ceremony and land based spiritual relationships. We call on all Indigenous Peoples to come and support this Walk.

"We have gone to Washington D.C. many times to seek justice, the protection of treaty rights, and the continuing existence of our Peoples and Ways of Life. They have had their opportunity. The time has come to reclaim for ourselves the prayers that have gone east and bring them back full circle to Alcatraz, the symbol of the modern assertion of what has been called the Red Power Movement. We Walk to educate our own Peoples on what Tribal Sovereignty means from an Indigenous Peoples way of life,” the Long Walk 4 Return to Alcatraz said in their statement of purpose.

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